On 8/13/2014 4:38 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 22:30:38 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 8/12/2014 7:40 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Mayo" > wrote in message ...
>>>> On 8/12/2014 6:37 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>>>> Nancy2 wrote:
>>>>>>> Didn't the Outback Steakhouse first start the peanuts on the floor
>>>>>>> thing? I thought it was supposed
>>>>>>> to be reflective of an Australian experience, somehow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There was an earlier chain that did that, way before Outback. It was
>>>>>> also a western steak house kind of place and I can't remember the name,
>>>>>> but my kids loved that place.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some forty years ago local eateries in north western Montana served
>>>>> in-shell peanuts and they weren't chains. I think every bar and
>>>>> eatery in Whitefish offered in-shell peanuts, Kalispell too.
>>>>>
>>>> Last time I was up there they still did!
>>>>
>>>> But it's the huckleberries that are to die for...
>>>
>>> I love our huckleberries here. Takes forever to pick them though.
>>
>> Sure can, then there's the bears...
>
> If only crows could be used like cormorants... those thieves
> devour my blueberries... even well netted... they're very smart and
> persistant, they'll work in teams dive bombing the netting pressing it
> down so that their partner can reach the berries, and they share by
> taking turns. Naturally they only take the perfectly ripened ones. A
> few years ago I gave up on netting, let them have a good time. Crows
> are the only bird I've met that know to fold a slice of bread in
> quarters before flying off with it so it won't flap about hindering
> their flight. Crows rarely eat where they find food, they bring it to
> a safe place first... and they look about for several minutes before
> snatching food to be sure they're not being tricked. I like crows,
> they keep the planet clean and they're very entertaining... they don't
> migrate so in winter they struggle to eat, so I feed my murder of
> crows, they like meat trimmings, they love hotdogs. They must be
> watching my back deck constantly, when I toss out the trimmed fat from
> meat they are on the ground before I can close the door, and they are
> watching from the tree tops some 500+ yards away.
snip....

Clever crows, you have there. Do a search on YouTube, "bird fishing with
bread", birds are pretty smart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTw7GH325U

Becca